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Self-Interacting Dark Matter (SIDM) represents a compelling alternative to collisionless dark matter, with diverse phenomenological signals from dwarf galaxy to galaxy cluster scales. We present new constraints on the SIDM cross section…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 Jackson H. O'Donnell , Tesla E. Jeltema , M. Grant Roberts , James Nightingale , Abigail Flowers , Dhruv Aldas

We construct a self-interacting scalar dark matter (DM) model with local discrete $Z_{3}$ symmetry that stabilizes a weak scale scalar dark matter $X$. The model assumes a hidden sector with a local $U(1)_X$ dark gauge symmetry, which is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-05-30 P. Ko , Yong Tang

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models have been proposed to solve the small-scale issues with the collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) paradigm. We derive equilibrium solutions in these SIDM models for the dark matter halo density…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-16 Manoj Kaplinghat , Ryan E. Keeley , Tim Linden , Hai-Bo Yu

We devise a method to constrain self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) from observations of quadruply-imaged quasars, and apply it to five self-interaction potentials with a long-range dark force. We consider several SIDM models with an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 Daniel Gilman , Yi-Ming Zhong , Jo Bovy

With growing agony of not finding a dark matter (DM) particle in direct search experiments so far (for example in XENON1T), frameworks where the freeze-out of DM is driven by number changing processes within the dark sector itself and do…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-02-05 Subhaditya Bhattacharya , Purusottam Ghosh , Shivam Verma

We study self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) scenarios, where the $s$-wave self-scattering cross section almost saturates the Unitarity bound. Such self-scattering cross sections are singly parameterized by the dark matter mass, and are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-11 Ayuki Kamada , Hee Jung Kim , Takumi Kuwahara

We propose a novel and comprehensive particle physics framework that addresses multiple cosmological tensions observed in recent measurements of the Hubble parameter, $S_8$, and Lyman-$\alpha$ forest data. Our model, termed `{\bf…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-10 Wonsub Cho , Ki-Young Choi , Satyabrata Mahapatra

We propose a two-component asymmetric FIMP (feebly interacting massive particle) dark matter (DM) model in which both DM candidates are real scalar fields. The model is an extension of the Standard Model (SM) by two scalar DM components and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-26 S. Peyman Zakeri

A self-interacting dark-matter (SIDM) density spike around merging supermassive black holes (SMBHs) may be able to supply the dynamical friction needed to shrink binaries from $\sim 1\, \mathrm{pc}$ to $\sim 10^{-2} \,\mathrm{pc}$, thereby…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-10 Shreyas Tiruvaskar , Chris Gordon

Self interacting dark matter (SIDM) provides us with a consistent solution to certain astrophysical observations in conflict with collision-less cold DM paradigm. In this work we estimate the shear viscosity $(\eta)$ and bulk viscosity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 Abhishek Atreya , Jitesh R. Bhatt , Arvind Mishra

We propose a ultraviolet complete theory for cold dark matter(CDM) and sterile neutrino that can accommodate both cosmological data and neutrino oscillation experiments at $1\sigma$ level. A new $U(1)_X$ dark gauge symmetry is introduced,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-10-29 P. Ko , Yong Tang

A small fraction of millicharged dark matter (DM) is considered in the literature to give an interpretation about the enhanced 21-cm absorption at the cosmic dawn. Here we focus on the case that the main component of DM is self-interacting…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-03-18 Lian-Bao Jia

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) can address the small-scale anomalies and previous researches focused on such a SIDM heavier than GeV, for which the self-scattering cross-section is in the quantum resonance region and has a non-trivial…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-29 Wu-Long Xu , Jin Min Yang , Bin Zhu

We consider a fermionic dark matter candidate interacting via a scalar mediator coupled with the Standard Model through a Higgs portal. We consider general setting including both scalar and pseudoscalar interactions between the scalar and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-04-12 Kimmo Kainulainen , Kimmo Tuominen , Ville Vaskonen

We propose a simple extension of the Standard Model (SM) which has a viable dark matter (DM) candidate, as well as can explain the generation of tiny neutrino masses. The DM is an electroweak (EW) singlet scalar $S$, odd under an imposed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-03-15 Subhaditya Bhattacharya , Sudip Jana , S. Nandi

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) offers the potential to mitigate some of the discrepancies between simulated cold dark matter (CDM) and observed galactic properties. We introduce a physically motivated SIDM model to understand the…

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) was introduced by Spergel & Steinhardt to address possible discrepancies between collisionless dark matter simulations and observations on scales of less than 1 Mpc. We examine the case in which dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Richard H. Cyburt , Brian D. Fields , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Benjamin D. Wandelt

We present a detailed comparison of a Local Group dwarf galaxy analogue evolved in two cosmological models: the standard $\Lambda$CDM and a self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) model with a velocity-dependent cross-section. Both simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-08 Thales A. Gutcke , Giulia Despali , Stephanie O'Neil , Mark Vogelsberger , Azadeh Fattahi , David B. Sanders

Self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models offer one way to reconcile inconsistencies between observations and predictions from collisionless cold dark matter (CDM) models on dwarf-galaxy scales. In order to incorporate the effects of both…

The topology of cosmic reionization, the sizes, shapes, and connectivity of ionized bubbles is a primary observable of next-generation 21\,cm experiments. We show that this topology is sensitive to the microphysics of dark matter.…

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